Showing posts with label Swan Point. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swan Point. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2016
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Swan Point, on a Saturday morning in June
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| new arrival |
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| truly a garden cemetery |
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| "you are the wind beneath my wings" |
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| "there is no death only a change in worlds" |
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| the unique -- and somewhat out-of-place mound tomb of the Mason family |
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
John E. and Jane Troup - Swan Point
In loving remembrance
My dear wife Jane Graham Troup at rest Nov. 5, 1893.
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John E. Troup
At rest Jan 18, 1896, aged 66 years.
“We took sweet counsel together.”
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Horace and Ida Bloodgood - Swan Point
Horace Seymour Bloodgood (far) May 15, 1841 to July 31, 1896 R.I.P. Ida Louise Davis Bloodgood (heart shape stone)
Ida Louise Davis Bloodgood 1861-1895
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Henry Allen Prescott - Swan Point
Another Civil war veteran at Swan Point, Henry Prescott was killed at First Bull Run on July 21, 1861 and apparently buried on the battlefield.
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| Lt. Henry Allen Prescott, 1st RI Vols., killed on July 21, 1861 at Bull Run, buried on the battlefield |
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Colonel Thomas and Sarah Coles - Swan Point
Col. Coles was by birth
an Englishman;
he came to this Country before
the Revolutionary Period,
and served
in various Military Capacities
throughout the War of
INDEPENDENCE.
He was for twenty years Collector
of the Port of Providence.
He was a man of firmness,
and integrity,
and of consequence universally
respected.
[2ND SIDE]
Col. Thomas Coles
Born Dec. 9th, 1752
Died Dec. 13th, 1814
Sarah Coles, his wife
Born Dec. 17th, 1761
Died Aug. 6th, 1837
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Sheffield Smith family - Swan Point
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Sheffield Smith
died
Oct. 24, 1890
Aged 80 years
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Sally A. Sweet
wife of
Sheffield Smith
Died No. 21, 1887
Aged 73 years
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A precious one from us has gone
A voice we love is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Which can never be filled
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Ezra S. Smith
son of Sheffield & Sally
Died No. 2, 1866
Aged 32 years & 5 months
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Nancy A. Smith
wife of Ezra S. Smith
Died Aug. 13, 1878
Aged 48 years
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Horatio Nelson Campbell - Swan Point
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| left: Horatio Nelson Campbell 1851-1934, son of Horatio N. and Harriet B. right: Mary Buffum Campbell 1854-1929, wife of Horatio Nelson Campbell daughter of Benjamin Buffum and Ellen King Buffum |
Sunday, April 20, 2014
John Moran - Swan Point
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| John Edward Moran November 28, 1812 September 13, 1997 |
"Yet tho thy smile
Be lost to sight
To memory thou art dear"
George Linley
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Truman family - removed from Johnston
According to the face of this memorial this part of the Truman family was removed from their burial ground in Johnston, RI.
Thomas Truman M.D.
son of Jonathan
Born May 17, 1752 Died July 17, 1786
Sarah Jenckes
his wife
Died July 1, 1785
Their children died
Guy
Sept. 25, 1789 Aged 8 years
Sylvania
Feb. 19, 1795, aged 20 years
Sarah Richmond
July 14, 1862, in her 78th year
[2ND SIDE]
Jonathan Truman Born in New London, Conn.
Aug. 25, 1720, Died Feb. 17, 1802
Abigail Pearce
his wife
Born on Prudence Island
Feb. 25, 1723, Died Feb. 17, 1789
Sarah
Their daughter
Born April 24, 1766
Died Aug. 18, 1807
[3rd SIDE]
Nathan Truman,
son of Jonathan,
Born May 7, 1767, Died Sept. 20, 1818
[4TH SIDE]
Removed from the family ground in Johnson, Aug. 1881
TRUMAN
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Anchor monument- Swan Point
I'm unclear as to the point of this monument/memorial. This is positioned in a large open space and there is inscription. Maybe you know what the story is here?
Sunday, March 30, 2014
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